{"podcast":{"title":"Happier in Hollywood","slug":"happier-in-hollywood-57013","podcast_index_feed_id":57013,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LEME3032179732","website_url":"http://www.happierinhollywood.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/275a03d8-34f3-11f1-b229-3b9dfbb95918/image/001507c5b398194d4569c172a7b90925.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Lemonada Media","episode_count":481,"summary":"Veteran TV writers Liz Craft and Sarah Fain demystify Hollywood by making career and personal struggles universal. Friends since high school and writing partners for over 20 years, Liz and Sarah have survived and thrived in Tinseltown’s male-dominated entertainment industry, guided by blind optimism and a Midwestern work ethic. Along the way they've learned a lot about kicking ass, kissing ass, and office yoga. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-in-hollywood-57013"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 459: The Cat Is Dead, But Verticals Are Alive!","slug":"ep-459-the-cat-is-dead-but-verticals-are-alive","published_at":"2026-02-26T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-in-hollywood-57013/ep-459-the-cat-is-dead-but-verticals-are-alive","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-in-hollywood-57013","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/happier-in-hollywood/hih-episode-459","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/claritaspod.com/measure/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/491/traffic.megaphone.fm/LEME6569651208.mp3?updated=1776090467","summary":"Liz and Sarah got news that their Netflix pilot isn’t moving forward, and they expected to be devastated… but they’re totally and completely fine. Why??? Next they talk to writer Shelby Farrell about Verticals, the newish form of entertainment that’s exploding all over the world. What are they, who makes them, and what do you do if you want to write one? This week’s Hollywood Hack will give you back many hours of your life: The Brick. Finally, Liz recommends a powerful and compelling new book — Unspeakable Things: Silence, Shame, and the Stories We Choose to Believe by Brooke Nevils. Sign up for Liz & Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter at https://happierinhollywoodpod.substack.com. It’ll come right to your inbox! Sign up for Sarah’s free weekly Substack newsletter Chickening Out at https://happierinhollywood.substack.com. It’ll come right to your inbox! Get in touch on Instagram: @Sfain & @LizCraft Get in touch on Threads: @Sfain & @LizCra Visit our website: https://happierinhollywood.com Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/HappierinHollywood/ Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Happier with Gretchen Rubin, and Side Hustle School . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! LINKS: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg: https://amzn.to/4aPSPUC Shelby Farrell’s Flipping the Screen: Intro to Vertical Scripts: https://forms.gle/a8Sj9xWDRWvt7yqE6 The Brick: https://getbrick.app/products/the-brick Unspeakable Things: Silence, Shame, and the Stories We Choose to Believe by Brooke Nevils: https://amzn.to/4tZCyVZ See omnystudio.com/…","meta_description":"Liz and Sarah got news that their Netflix pilot isn’t moving forward, and they expected to be devastated… but they’re totally and completely fine. Why???…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2398,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/happier-in-hollywood-57013/episodes/ep-459-the-cat-is-dead-but-verticals-are-alive/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/happier-in-hollywood-57013/ep-459-the-cat-is-dead-but-verticals-are-alive.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}